Page 325 of Mafia Kings: Valentino

“Marry me,”he growled in a commanding voice I’d never heard him use before.

Mei-ling’s smile became an outright grin.

“…alright,” she agreed.

“I don’t believe this,” Niccolo said in astonishment.

“Are these women evenCatholic?”the priest asked angrily as he looked at Dario.

Dario sighed in irritation. “Adriano.”

Adriano came forward and held out another wad of bills, which quickly disappeared into the priest’s robes.

“Fine,” the priest grumbled.

Lars and Rachel came up the steps, hand in hand, followed by Roberto and Mei-ling.

“Alright, if that’s all – ” the priest started.

“Um… Valentino?” Isabella asked hesitantly.

I looked over at her –

And saw her holding hands with Ludavica.

They both looked at me hopefully.

I looked at Cat. “Babe?”

Cat gave them the most beautiful smile and said, “This wasyourday originally… so ofcourse.”

Isabella and Ludavica both cried out in happiness and hugged Cat.

I gotta admit, I was on Cloud Nine –

And then the priest went and ruined it.

“Absolutelynot,”he snarled.

We all looked at him.

He gestured at Isabella and Ludavica in outrage. “They’re – you know what they are. As a representative of the Catholic Church, I absolutelycannotmarry them.”

Everybody stared at him in shock –

Except Lucia.

“Let me get this straight,” she said angrily. “You came here to do a mafia wedding with a whole bunch of killers – ”

“Lucia,” Massimo whispered.

“What?!Ikilled a guy with a shotgun blast to the face!” she yelled at the priest. “Did you ask about that? No.

“And youKNEWall those assholes who walked out of here earlier were thieves and murderers. Did you care aboutthat?NO.

“But just because these two girls are gay,you’re gonna refuse to marry THEM – but you’re more than happy to take a bunch ofCosa Nostrablood money to marry everybody else?!”

Man, I fuckinglovedthis chick.

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